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Unknown lepidopterans (two of 'em!) - Abaeis nicippe

Western Palm Beach County, South Florida County, Florida, USA
August 13, 2011
Size: 1-1/2 in and 1/2 in

Contributed by Ben Kolstad on 15 August, 2011 - 6:19pm
Last updated 20 November, 2012 - 2:10pm

Moved

Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).

… Paul Dennehy, 8 October, 2011 - 12:26am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2011 - 7:23pm

pyralid, as suggested

the moth looks much like a worn Spoladea recurvalis, although maybe Florida has other, similar species.

… John Schneider, 15 August, 2011 - 11:28pm

Spoladea recurvalis looks good!

Thanks! It certainly looks like the other photos of S. recurvalis I've seen. There were hundreds of them in this agricultural area.

… Ben Kolstad, 16 August, 2011 - 10:03am

Well...

the butterfly is a Sleepy Orange like this one I think.

I'm no help on the moth at all, I'm afraid. A Pyralid of some sort as a first guess?

… Steve Pelikan, 15 August, 2011 - 7:50pm

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